... realise that they themselves have thoughts in the first place. In humans, the most common test for a theory of mind is known as the Sally-Anne test, and uses two dolls to present a false-belief situation. What commonly happens when the test is performed on children under the age of ... Cohen, Leslie & Frith, 1985, cited in Eyesenk & Flanagan, 2001). Hauser, (1998, cited in Eyesenk & Flanagan, 2001), devised his own version of the Sally-Anne test, suitable for use with non-human primates. In this version, the subject observes an actor watching an object being hidden. A screen is then plac...

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